What day of the week is best for a Moya Mosh?

Friday, 5th September 2003FORUM A GO GO From today you will be able to register and log on to Moya's site forum.In fact, a few of you have been very quick to respond and are already discussing the finer points of things 'Moya'!We look forward to seeing how the forum evolves and who knows, maybe Moya will pop in herself from time to time.You can access it from Moya's homepage or directlyHappy forummingfrom moyabrennan.com

Right, it seems like we've got something to celebrate next month! any ideas of what we could do? I for instance would love to hear stories of those of you who were there from day one!

Love takes off the mask we fear we cannot live without an know we cannot live within - James Baldwin

Aaaaw, how cool! You're right, Hester, we should not let this wonderful occasion pass without doing something memorable.. Hmmmm..
I could tell you a few stories, although I wasn't here from day one exactly. I do remember a time when the three top posters on the forum were greg, barry and Moya, however And Homer was a regular too (wherever did he get to, anyway?). Fun times! How much the place has grown...
*nostalgic*

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot, 'Little Gidding' V

Hester, that's cool! Where did you find this? And you're right, we should celebrate that date - although I'm here myself for 4 years this month - tomorrow in 2 weeks I'm here since 4 years - wow! @ Ness: do you think we should have a "Nostalgia" thing - when you're now talking about this?

nessieq wrote: I do remember a time when the three top posters on the forum were greg, barry and Moya, however

Wow, I forgot the forum was even that small! And to think, by the time the five year anniversary comes I just might have posted 1,000 posts - this is my 993rd, ness, you put me to shame!

I'm even a veteran from the ORIGINAL Máire forum over on the Word Records website (as are noodle and Garbo) which was around nine years ago - how time flies!

I think it's me who should be ashamed, Barry! And yes, it was most certainly that small- that was half the reason I joined- I thought it was *so* cool that there were so few people and that you could *actually* talk to Moya Brennan! There was something very homely about the place, and the fact that everyone knew everyone else. It's nice to see that that has largely remained the same, despite the fact that we have so many more members now. And to think of all the things that have happened as a result of this place... Gweedore Gatherings, concert meet ups, those two people that wrote a book together.... well, it's amazing! We must all have our own forum stories- I wonder if it'd be fun to share some of them as a kind of 'celebration'? It would be such a nice thing to share...

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot, 'Little Gidding' V

Wow, five years of the forum, and it's going stronger than ever! I am definitely one of the newcomers, having only been here 2.5 years so far, but I've been around long enough to have seen some great Christmas chats with Moya, the SLT , and to see Clannad getting back together (although I saw it on the computer screen and not in person). And that's only the start of the great things that have happened around here, I'm sure!